Easy DIY: Wooden Keychains

I have a thing for keychains. I am a firm believer that you can’t have too many keychains in your life, and K has inherited my love of these tchotchkes. I especially love using them as gift tags – they add a utilitarian yet decorative flair to packages.

A while ago, I made a version with silver pleather, but I wasn’t too thrilled with the various methods I tried. Then I spotted these cute wooden tags at a nearby stamp store and knew they were destined to be keychains. Being the one-trick pony that I am, I opted to monogram them. If I’d had more than 30 minutes before hauling the gifts out the door, I would have added some hand-painted elements, but I ended up loving the minimal look.

Because I am clearly spatially challenged, it didn’t occur to me that the jump ring (the connecting circular piece) would be too small to reach the pre-drilled hole in the tag. With 15 minutes to go, I pulled out my plentiful supply of hemp cords and improvised.

Pictured below are the supplies I used (minus the hemp cord). The tear-shaped stamp pads are by Tsukineko and come in amazing colors and I have about a million different alphabet stamps lying around. They each took about 5 minutes. Next time, I’ll make them fancier, but I’m officially hooked on using these wooden tags!